War, what is it good for? 🙌🏽

Absolutely nothing‼️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Springsteen aka The Boss still knows how to shake the ground & remind us what really matters. 💃🏽🤘🏽🎸🕺🏼

Ukraine war: Russian attack on Nikopol market kills five A Russian drone hit a busy spot in the southern Ukrainian town on Saturday morning, injuring another 21 people.

Lest we forget:

Don't tell me, tell Lord Mogg.

Partially done, but not for the first time...

#ArtemisII another update . . .

Robert Muczynski could have had a Hollywood career. He didn’t.
He walked away—and wrote music that remained precise, controlled, and independent of any system.
A short essay on influence, restraint, and refusal.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/clueless...

Define illegal immigrants?

Carducci Quartet – BMS Concert Sir Jack Lyons Hall, York – 27 March 2026The Carducci Quartet opened their programme with a poised and assured account of Mozart’s String Quartet in C major, K. 465, the ‘Dissonance’. Despite its nick...

A new review: Carducci Quartet at BMS.
One of those rare evenings where everything simply clicked...

Tears and defiance as Lebanese family bury child, 11, killed in Israeli strike Jawad Younes and his uncle Ragheb were laid to rest on Saturday after their family compound was hit a day earlier.

Normal service resumed:

No evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-election An investigation into alleged

Would you Adam & Eve it:

Say No to Palantir in Europe A powerful US spy-tech company run by billionaires is linked to genocide in Gaza, helps ICE separate families, and fuels Trump’s war with Iran. And now it’s quietly expanding across Europe gaining acc...

A powerful US spy-tech company linked to genocide in Gaza, ICE deportations, and Trump’s war with Iran is now expanding across Europe into our hospitals, police and data systems. We must expose it and stop its expansion

How Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice avoided £600,000 in corporation tax on his property business.

➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/goeCQ8ZM2f4

Absolutely

I hope the DEPARTMENT OF WAR don't read this. You could not make this sh*t up.

More than one might wish.

Very humble, sir.

Yorkshire Bach Choir, St John Passion Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Saturday 21 March 2026Conductor Peter Seymour opted for a slower tempo in the opening chorus “Herr, unser Herrscher”. Whilst this had obvious merit – polyphonic transparen...

New review: Bach’s St John Passion — Yorkshire Bach Choir at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York.
James Gilchrist’s Evangelist drives a performance of urgency, drama, and moments of striking stillness.
#Bach #ClassicalMusic #ConcertReview #Baroque #StJohnPassion

Yup

BREAKING: ‘This is a shocking, cowardly, and despicable act of evil', says Wes Streeting as he visits the site of a suspected antisemitic arson attack in Golders Green

'We will stand with the Jewish community here and across the country in confronting this vile antisemitism'

North Sea Oil Won’t Make Your Energy Bills Cheaper—So What’s It Actually For? Why “energy security” doesn’t mean cheaper bills, faster supply – or real control

This debate keeps circling the wrong question.
The issue isn’t “who profits” — it’s why UK energy policy can’t deliver lower bills at all:

🕌 Open Iftar, Public Space, and the Politics of Belonging From Trafalgar Square to Wembley, shared religious events are nothing new – but who gets to belong in public life still is.

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YouGov releases results of new poll of YouGov staff

From the new Private Eye, out now.

🕌 Open Iftar, Public Space, and the Politics of Belonging From Trafalgar Square to Wembley, shared religious events are nothing new – but who gets to belong in public life still is.

Open iftar events are open to anyone. Any faith, or none.
Public religious events in shared spaces aren’t new in Britain.
So why are these being framed as a problem?

Is government going wobbly on its migration plans? Chris Mason asks if the UK government will stick to its big immigration shake-up or water it down.

Attaboy, Chris. You never fail to surprise:

North Sea Oil Won’t Make Your Energy Bills Cheaper—So What’s It Actually For? Why “energy security” doesn’t mean cheaper bills, faster supply – or real control

Yup, Mr Johnson is wrong:

York Musical Society perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion York Minster, Saturday 14 MarchThe opening “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen” – scored for double choir and double orchestra – set the performance tone impeccably. The beautifully judged slow proc...

Heard a powerful performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion at York Minster – but the acoustic made some fascinating differences to what you could hear.
I’ve written a short review here:

“Drill more North Sea oil for energy security.”
Sounds obvious.
But:
• It won’t make energy cheaper
• It won’t respond to a crisis
• And it won’t give the UK real control
What it offers instead is something narrower:
the illusion of control
open.substack.com/pub/clueless...
@faisalislam.bsky.social

Angela Rayner's explosive speech reignites leadership speculation The ex-deputy PM did not name Keir Starmer in her attack on Labour's direction and policies - but she did not have to.

Who could possibly be the author?

Dreadful Newsnight, mostly down to very poor stewardship by @faisalislam.bsky.social (who I like & respect). EU debate poor. Not mentioned that Jenrick voted Remain I 2016.

Starmer at his best.